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In recent years, modular robotics has become of great interest in the robotics community. Among them, snake robots are among the most flexible and versatile type of mobile robots, well-suited to a large number of applications, such as exploration and inspection tasks, participation to search and rescue missions etc. The present paper investigates the design of a novel snake robot, named Rese_Q01, currently being designed at Politecnico di Torino. In order to characterise the dynamic behaviour of the robot, a simple vehicle dynamics model is developed and basic simulations are carried out for a first implementation of a unit consisting of two modules. Preliminary results show the influence of the robot velocity on the trajectory curvature radius, as well as the effect of different ground/tire friction conditions. This analysis is the first step in order to develop effective control strategies for robot trajectories.
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Quaglia, G., Cavallone, P., Lenzo, B. (2019). On the Dynamic Analysis of a Novel Snake Robot: Preliminary Results. In: Carbone, G., Gasparetto, A. (eds) Advances in Italian Mechanism Science. IFToMM ITALY 2018. Mechanisms and Machine Science, vol 68. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03320-0_30
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